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Objave o profesionalnem boksu od 1890 za 1930.
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 in 126 funtov, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julija 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
V 2010, St. Louis je 58. največje mesto v Združenih državah Amerike in 19. največje metropolitansko območje. Ob prelomu stoletja, je bil peti ali šesto največje mesto v Združenih državah Amerike in največja zahodno od reke Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
V 1910-ih, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba se je trajno preselila iz legitimnih rokoborskih tekmovanj v vnaprej dogovorjene ekshibicije. Zanimanje oboževalcev, nadzor promotorja in manjša obraba rokoborcev sta igrala vlogo pri tem prehodu. Drugi pritisk, o katerem se manj govori, je bil zunaj samega športa. Pred 20. stoletjem, profesionalni boks je bil v ZDA nezakonit. Goli členek
Četrtek, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson je branil svoj naslov svetovnega prvaka v obarvanem boksu v težki kategoriji proti neporaženemu Samu McVeyu. McVey je prinesel a 6-0 rekord s šestimi nokavti na prvenstveni tekmi. Ker so boksarski promotorji temnopoltim borcem zavrnili tekmovanje za svetovno prvenstvo v boksu v težki kategoriji, najboljši boksarji na prelomu stoletja so se borili za obarvanega sveta
Avgusta 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Julija 3, 1905, Marvin Hart je začel boj za prosto naslov svetovnega prvaka kot 3 za 1 underdog. Jack Root, ki bi bila prva svetloba težka prvenstvo je bil favorit za uspeh nedavno upokojenega James J. Jeffries. Jeffries bi sodnik to naslovno zadetek, ki ga nadomešča. Marvin Hart je pred kratkim pretepli Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 in 126 funtov. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, September 12, 1899, when he fought British
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, zaradi česar oba promotorja
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. V svojem prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300